https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A Swedish former striker is among three people handed a prison sentence for match-fixing by a Norwegian appeals court on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20170215/swedish-striker-among-three-jailed-for-match-fixing-in-norway Wed, 15 Feb 2017 15:41:57 +0100 swedish-striker-among-three-jailed-for-match-fixing-in-norway The unpredictable results of the 2014 World Cup have been good news for the Swedish gaming industry, with sales increasing by 50 percent compared to 12 months ago. https://www.thelocal.se/20140626/world-cup-boost-sales-for-gaming-firms Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:54:00 +0200 world-cup-boost-sales-for-gaming-firms Swedish football club IFK Värnamo has confirmed that some of its players had been offered bribes ahead of a league match in Sweden's second tier on Friday, in a case which betting firm Svenska Spel has described as part of a "growing trend". https://www.thelocal.se/20130917/50286 Tue, 17 Sep 2013 14:07:00 +0200 50286 Sweden’s betting laws could be set to change if the Christian Democrats have their way. https://www.thelocal.se/20110425/33380 Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:35:00 +0200 33380 Swedish democracy activists praised the choice of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, but emphasised that although his work is very important, he is not the only prisoner of conscience in China and that all of them should be released. https://www.thelocal.se/20101008/29502 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:02:00 +0200 29502 In a surprising move, a gaming company has agreed to pay back some of the millions of kronor a company in Uppsala in eastern Sweden lost due to an employee’s gambling addiction. https://www.thelocal.se/20091228/24076 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:39:00 +0100 24076 A 75-year-old Swedish man has a defender from Preston North End in England’s second division to thank for an improbable 10 million kronor ($1.45 million) gambling win. https://www.thelocal.se/20091027/22896 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:01:00 +0100 22896 Police made multiple arrests on Tuesday in connection with nationwide raids on suspected illegal gambling operations. Officers swooped on some 150 locations around the country, including cafés, bars and clubs in Gothenburg, Stockholm, Västerås, Uppsala. https://www.thelocal.se/20071113/9086 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:36:00 +0100 9086 Cycling team Unibet.com confirmed on Wednesday that they will be disbanding at the end of the season after the Swedish internet betting company which sponsors them pulled the plug. https://www.thelocal.se/20070815/8199 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:20:00 +0200 8199 The European Commission threatened Sweden and France on Wednesday with legal action before the European Union's highest court if they failed to satisfy its concerns about restrictions on sports betting. https://www.thelocal.se/20070627/7725 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:48:00 +0200 7725 The Swedish government is to commission a new report regarding the rules that govern the Swedish betting market. But state-owned Svenska Spel is to retain the sole right to organize gambling activities regarded as particularly problematic from a social perspective. https://www.thelocal.se/20070620/7658 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:10:00 +0200 7658 Gambling companies waiting for the opportunity to move in to the Swedish market have welcomed Tuesday's ruling in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding the Italian betting market. https://www.thelocal.se/20070306/6610 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:41:00 +0100 6610 "A ruling made to order for the government". That was the reaction of Ladbrokes' Nordic CEO, after the Supreme Administrative Court in Stockholm rejected its appeal against the government's decision not to allow the company to run its gambling operations from Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20050621/1643-2 Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:45:00 +0200 1643-2